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Insight Topic: Employment Tribunal

In Randall v Trent College Ltd and others, the Employment Tribunal ruled against a school chaplain’s claim of religion and belief discrimination (amongst other claims).

Belief discrimination – an effective employer defence

April 26, 2023
5 min read

If you have an employment tribunal hearing coming up and you want one of your witnesses to be able to give evidence via video link from abroad, there are specific steps you now need to take.

Tribunal hearings: What to do if you have a witness abroad

August 25, 2022
5 min read

In November 2021 we analysed the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision in Ryanair DAC v Morais. Broadly speaking, that case concerned the scope of legal protection afforded to striking workers.

Mercer v Alternative Future Group

April 5, 2022
5 min read

I’m sure readers saw the title of this article and thought “what!? White straight men are the most represented group in businesses!”

“Not hired because I am a white straight man”

March 27, 2019
5 min read

Over the summer months, several large redundancies and restructuring processes have been reported across a range of companies including Tesco, RBS, Wilko and Asda.

Redundancy situations – 5 top tips for getting it right

September 29, 2017
5 min read

In the latest of several worker status cases, an Employment Tribunal has ruled that a group of Addison Lee drivers are “workers” under the Employment Rights Act 1996.

ET rules Addison Lee drivers entitled to holiday pay and minimum wage – UPDATED

September 27, 2017
1 min read

In this case, the Claimant, Mr Gnahoua, was awarded only £2 as compensation after he was denied the right to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing by his employer.

Tribunal awards £2 compensation for breach of right to be accompanied (Gnahoua v Abellio London)

May 31, 2017
1 min read

This in depth article contrasts two recent cases which, at first sight, appear to take dramatically different positions on the extent to which the courts will review an employer’s exercise of its contractual discretion.

What does “in the employer’s discretion” really mean?

January 29, 2016
10 min read

An Employment Tribunal has upheld a tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination brought by an employee at the Department of Work and Pensions.

£30k award after employer’s adjustment of sickness absence trigger ruled inadequate

November 30, 2015
3 min read

The reporting of the unfair dismissal claims brought by former Citibank ForEx traders following their dismissal by the bank has raised an interesting issue, which may become relevant if there are potential investigations into the recent scandal which has hit the car industry.

“But I was just doing what I was told…” – Unfair Dismissal & the Nuremberg Defence

September 30, 2015
5 min read